How to Use turmoil in a Sentence

turmoil

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  • His life has been in a constant turmoil.
  • The country has been in turmoil for the past 10 years.
  • On and on the turmoil grinds through this crazed decade.
    — Matt Thompson, Spin, 10 Sep. 2023
  • And the timing is right for the return of the festival, given the world’s turmoil.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
  • Despite the street turmoil, Ms. Myrle likes to go for strolls on her breaks.
    — Jordan Gale Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 31 July 2023
  • And this post is Substack sticking its flag in the ground as reading on the internet is in some turmoil.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The next day came a sobering tour of Old Havana, from its colonial roots to its modern turmoil.
    — Moriah Balingit, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The short video also showed a hint of turmoil, as SZA and a shirtless Justin begin to have an argument.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The report did not delve into the internal turmoil that caused sponsors to flee.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The Portland Trail Blazers’ offseason has seen its share of turmoil to this point.
    — Afentres, oregonlive, 6 July 2023
  • There’s so much history, culture, and current turmoil in some of the countries that are featured on the show.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The workplace in turmoil over whether to open a lactation room to other uses has reached détente — for now.
    — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Also, in a world in so much turmoil, creators try to look in the past or look into the future to address current topics.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Warren-Darby said the turmoil at City Hall is unnecessary when the mayor and the council are all Democrats.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The action is set in 2013, a time of political turmoil in Egypt, although that is not overly stressed.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Amid all the turmoil that has unfolded with the Angels’ season in the last month, alone, Luis Rengifo has quietly emerged as one of the best hitters on the team.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Her dismissal followed two years of turmoil over challenges to the books available and library programs.
    — Mead Gruver, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The general election winner will take charge of an office in turmoil, leading some to call for a pair of steady hands to replace Gascón.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2024
  • One of the fears on Wall Street is that recent turmoil in the banking system could cause a pullback in lending, which in turn could weaken the economy.
    — CBS News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Wheat prices have shot up, in part because of the turmoil in Europe, but many American farmers have still struggled because the yields are so small.
    — Mitch Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The world is in turmoil, and the men alive today are reeling because most of them have only known the most peaceful and prosperous times in history.
    — Bymohamed El Aassar, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • While this first year of the 118th Congress was a historic one, thanks to the dizzying turmoil coming from the Republicans on the House side of the Capitol, next year is headed toward more of the same.
    — Lisa Mascaro The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Bulls are piling into funds that track U.S. shares and abandoning trades that would profit in times of market turmoil.
    — WSJ, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Latest rate hike:Despite bank turmoil, Fed hikes 0.25 point to curb inflation.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The play takes place in a world where father-daughter turmoil eclipses other realities.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • This is a country that has experienced years of turmoil since the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi’s regime in 2011 – but the disaster has hit Libyans hard.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023
  • In a year when a manager gets fired, there’s usually a lot of turmoil in the organization.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The turmoil from the attack fogged Meg’s ability to speed past the drama, as social media often poked fun at her and, in some cases, took Lanez’s side in the public drama.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2024
  • While the film focused on the film set tumult, the book charted some of Eleanor's inner turmoil, including the challenges of being married to a larger-than-life figure.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • But, during the most recent turmoil in March, regulators on both sides of the Atlantic sidestepped some post-2008 protocols.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023

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